diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/GradleCommon.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/GradleCommon.kt
index 0b6c4f19f59..f62f7d9244d 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/GradleCommon.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/GradleCommon.kt
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ fun Project.createGradleCommonSourceSet(): SourceSet {
 
         dependencies {
             compileOnlyConfigurationName(kotlinStdlib())
-            "commonGradleApiCompileOnly"("dev.gradleplugins:gradle-api:7.6")
+            "commonGradleApiCompileOnly"("dev.gradleplugins:gradle-api:8.0")
             if (this@createGradleCommonSourceSet.name !in testPlugins) {
                 compileOnlyConfigurationName(project(":kotlin-gradle-plugin-api")) {
                     capabilities {
diff --git a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
index ba4bd5378d7..a62eb3905d4 100644
--- a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
+++ b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
@@ -2111,12 +2111,6 @@
             <sha256 value="ef21232955e314d621638b971da4ad786f04fe0cc608837d696bb2af3ec574ee" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
-      <component group="dev.gradleplugins" name="gradle-api" version="6.1">
-         <artifact name="gradle-api-6.1.jar">
-            <md5 value="22dfc96d7c3fd7d324d3fdc998a1bfd9" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
-            <sha256 value="30b79c1537c4b4b9ba816d026dfff48ddebaa8bc9f2bb716cc69066cea149c2b" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
-         </artifact>
-      </component>
       <component group="dev.gradleplugins" name="gradle-api" version="6.9">
          <artifact name="gradle-api-6.9.jar">
             <md5 value="54b9007742dec27e80c6623d11e57ed4" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
@@ -2135,18 +2129,6 @@
             <sha256 value="584ba92aea00ffe3be168db491bc46bd004b3bfc8d3a5d1f55a086f2f8f77e8e" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
-      <component group="dev.gradleplugins" name="gradle-api" version="7.1.1">
-         <artifact name="gradle-api-7.1.1.jar">
-            <md5 value="41fcb06dc8e93297af85b50bf193ced0" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
-            <sha256 value="40dc5853f0bfac353b7d73739361a485512192950690be28ce3f736a04c500cb" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
-         </artifact>
-      </component>
-      <component group="dev.gradleplugins" name="gradle-api" version="7.2">
-         <artifact name="gradle-api-7.2.jar">
-            <md5 value="dce115967701cdcb0dd761dc46099061" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
-            <sha256 value="0b3e8478a8ed6bdb226941b313c1a06d50ef9d389d30cc82d7bc5985d94ed00f" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
-         </artifact>
-      </component>
       <component group="dev.gradleplugins" name="gradle-api" version="7.4">
          <artifact name="gradle-api-7.4.jar">
             <md5 value="54f06ceb86b0618b31cdc6b26b5a106d" origin="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/dev/gradleplugins/gradle-api/7.4/gradle-api-7.4.jar.md5"/>
@@ -2165,6 +2147,12 @@
             <sha256 value="a2263280b9b9a7b9ce2c6a76905a2ad8948110d683e61429473b8e264858c474" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
+      <component group="dev.gradleplugins" name="gradle-api" version="8.0">
+         <artifact name="gradle-api-8.0.jar">
+            <md5 value="9a6c8f3ffbee711a917dfcfbcd8305f7" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+            <sha256 value="62d5d15421cc4a5fd71a0d9ab711e9bb17c5160fb8c6e5a389278ef756e6b9b2" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+      </component>
       <component group="google" name="android_m2repository" version="r44">
          <artifact name="android_m2repository-r44.zip">
             <md5 value="7ba987b0caec8b0facfddd60851abb50" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/KotlinToolRunner.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/KotlinToolRunner.kt
index 6db7f011e07..04354742248 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/KotlinToolRunner.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/KotlinToolRunner.kt
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import org.gradle.api.model.ObjectFactory
 import org.gradle.process.ExecOperations
 import org.gradle.process.ExecResult
 import org.gradle.process.JavaExecSpec
-import org.gradle.util.GradleVersion
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.HostManager
 import java.io.File
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
@@ -159,9 +158,7 @@ abstract class KotlinToolRunner(
         )
 
         executionContext.javaexec { spec ->
-            @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
-            if (GradleVersion.current() >= GradleVersion.version("7.0")) spec.mainClass.set(mainClass)
-            else spec.main = mainClass
+            spec.mainClass.set(mainClass)
             spec.classpath = classpath
             spec.jvmArgs(jvmArgs)
             spec.systemProperties(systemProperties)
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/KotlinUsages.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/KotlinUsages.kt
index a4de2c6f430..5cdd111d3a5 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/KotlinUsages.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/KotlinUsages.kt
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ object KotlinUsages {
     const val KOTLIN_CINTEROP = "kotlin-cinterop"
     const val KOTLIN_SOURCES = "kotlin-sources"
 
+    // Following two constants were removed in Gradle 8.0 from 'Usages' class
+    private const val JAVA_RUNTIME_CLASSES = "java-runtime-classes"
+    private const val JAVA_RUNTIME_RESOURCES = "java-runtime-resources"
+
     val values = setOf(KOTLIN_API, KOTLIN_RUNTIME)
 
     private val jvmPlatformTypes: Set<KotlinPlatformType> = setOf(jvm, androidJvm)